What r u reading now? is it any good? share?

• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 18:46

  Originally posted by the Bear:
  finally finished The Fuck-Up and the Cold Chisel book.. there is a happy ending to the former after his life went on a freefall and he became a bum on the street... and the Cold Chisel book? typical rock band thing.. not too bad tho'
  
  now, i am enchanted by [b]Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi...
  
  i've just started it and already, it's brought a smile to my face
  
  also, started on A Brief History of Time... something which will probably take me forever to read coz i want to understand what Hawking is trying to say.. so far, so good
  
  [/b]

  black holes and worms and space bending...far out science!!!! to far out for my little brain....read "brief history" many years ago and it just went through my brain like a sieve!!
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 18:50

  Totto chan!!!!!!! shes so adorable!!! and the best way to learn anything is THAT way....school in a railway carriage yah?? or was it bus ?? railway if I recall.... If I ever have kids, I'm sending them to that kinda school!!
• TehJarVu

  31 Jan 05, 18:52

  Originally posted by poon cho tang:
  mathematics: a very short introduction
  
  
  
  - A concise explanation of the differences between advanced mathematics and what we learn at school
  - Offers the reader an insight into such seemingly paradoxical concepts as infinity, the square root of minus one, and curved space
  - Tackles the sociological questions that arise regarding the mathematical community - e.g. 'Do mathematicians burn out at the age of 25?'
  - Clear and non-technical language throughout
  - The author received a Fields Medal for Mathematics in 1998, awarded for 'the most daring, profound and stimulating research done by young mathematicians'
  
  [b]Description
  
  'a marvellously lucid guide to the beauty and mystery of numbers' -Gilbert Adair
  
  This book aims to explain, in clear non-technical language,what it is that mathematicians do, and how that differs from and builds on the mathematics that most people are familiar with from school. It is the ideal introduction for anyone who wishes to deepen their understanding of mathematics.
  
  Readership
  People who regret not learning more mathematics; people who are fascinated by popular science books, but are left wishing they understood them better; people contemplating doing a mathematics-related degree; people who would like to talk about mathematics in an informed way without having to learn technical details.
  
  [/b]

  Are you serious?
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 19:07

  it's a disused railway carriage...
  
  and yes... they learn without losing that zest for life, for knowledge.. still at the beginning of the book.. where they just went out for a walk and the teacher gathered everyone around and showed them flowers, the parts and how butterflies "helped" the plants
  
  and also, i'm enchanted by the way totto-chan is full of enthusiasm for everything around her... that is rare today in our jaded world..
  
  which is why i've got a smile on my face as i think about the little bit i've read so far
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  Totto chan!!!!!!! shes so adorable!!! and the best way to learn anything is THAT way....school in a railway carriage yah?? or was it bus ?? railway if I recall.... If I ever have kids, I'm sending them to that kinda school!!

• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:43

  darn.. this book is zooming by too quickly...
  
  started to read it around 5:30pm and i'm already midway through it...
  
  but, it's hard to put down... but i will...
  
  going to start on The Code Book by Simon Singh about the science and secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography.. his other book, Fermat's Last Theorem was an excellent book!
  
  sheesh.. the things i do so as to stretch out the Totto-chan book
  
  
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:45

  Originally posted by the Bear:
  darn.. this book is zooming by too quickly...
  
  started to read it around 5:30pm and i'm already midway through it...
  
  but, it's hard to put down... but i will...
  
  going to start on [b]The Code Book by Simon Singh about the science and secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography.. his other book, Fermat's Last Theorem was an excellent book!
  
  sheesh.. the things i do so as to stretch out the Totto-chan book
  
  [/b]

  will power!!!... I cant do that... if I like it, must finish it.....will just keep on reading and reading it....if I dont, it'll be bugging me all the time!!!
• zrahf

  31 Jan 05, 20:47

  Last Book i read was,
  Title : Thousand Orcs
  Author: R.A Salvatore
  
  been lookin out for new books though....nt much time to read as well....
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:49

  Originally posted by zrahf:

  Last Book i read was,
  Title : Thousand Orcs
  Author: R.A Salvatore
  
  been lookin out for new books though....nt much time to read as well....

  you can look through our Share- A - Book Thread and see if theres anything you like there.....we're sharing our books with fellow forumites, so you dont have to buy if you dont want to.
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:51

  used to be like that... when i was working office hours..
  
  read a book, forgot to sleep.. by the time i finished it, i realise it's, like, 5am...
  
  zombie at work.. then boss figured me out by then.. "reading again?" she'd ask
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  will power!!!... I cant do that... if I like it, must finish it.....will just keep on reading and reading it....if I dont, it'll be bugging me all the time!!!

• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:52

  Just started reading EricDravens ' Why Men Dont Listen and Women Cant Read Maps" ....quite educational so far...if theres anything really interesting that I read, will post it here
• OldAhPek

  31 Jan 05, 20:52

  
  as thick as yellow Page
  Heez..... ignore my thread...
  me is 'qian da'
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:54

  Originally posted by OldAhPek:

  
  as thick as yellow Page
  Heez..... ignore my thread...
  me is 'qian da'

  you reading that for fun, school or work??????
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 20:57

  i think ahpek is masochistic
  
  people already say i am for reading the Fermat's Last Theorem book but it's more like a storybook than anything with math thrown in
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  you reading that for fun, school or work??????

• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:12

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i think ahpek is masochistic
  
  people already say i am for reading the Fermat's Last Theorem book but it's more like a storybook than anything with math thrown in
  
  

  I think so too ah pek n you too!!
  
  who would want to read a story book with math thrown in???!!!
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:18

  aww.. c'mon.. give it a try one of these days
  
  it's really good.. all about how mathematical obsessions shaped the lives of a lot of people...
  
  if archimedes can be so engrossed in a math problem that he did not hear a centurion yell at him, and ended up being run through, it has to be good
  
  but there are stories.. like how, to pythagora's shame, he had a student drowned because the student (correctly) contradicted his teachings... and how Catherine the Great supported her "mathematical cyclops" Euler
  
  great stories in them
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  I think so too ah pek n you too!!
  
  who would want to read a story book with math thrown in???!!!

• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:31

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  aww.. c'mon.. give it a try one of these days
  
  it's really good.. all about how mathematical obsessions shaped the lives of a lot of people...
  
  if archimedes can be so engrossed in a math problem that he did not hear a centurion yell at him, and ended up being run through, it has to be good
  
  but there are stories.. like how, to pythagora's shame, he had a student drowned because the student (correctly) contradicted his teachings... and how Catherine the Great supported her "mathematical cyclops" Euler
  
  great stories in them
  
  

  okie, if I see it in the bookstore, I will pick it up and flip through....but only because of you i'm still not too convinced
• OldAhPek

  31 Jan 05, 21:34

  Actually that is really a good book
  Why do i say that?
  
  1)Everytime i read it, i get really frustrated
  then i wld cry....
  they say... crying makes u healthier
  
  2)It makes me feel damn stupid... coz i cant understand a single crap
  I get to know myself better, that eveyone have their limits
  it make me a more humble person
  
  3)Usually when i touch the book... that means exam is coming
  Because i dont understand.... and get really panic
  my heart pumps faster... that is a good cardiovascular exercise
  
  4)Anguish, disillusion....... so start cursing and some finger action and banging on table. Exercise muscle.... improve my articulation and my hokkian languange too
  
  5)...
  ...
  
  etc etc
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:36

  well, you want?
  
  i think it's been retitled recently.. Fermat's Enigma or something like that..
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  okie, if I see it in the bookstore, I will pick it up and flip through....but only because of you i'm still not too convinced

• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:38

  Originally posted by OldAhPek:

  Actually that is really a good book
  Why do i say that?
  
  1)Everytime i read it, i get really frustrated
  then i wld cry....
  they say... crying makes u healthier
  
  2)It makes me feel damn stupid... coz i cant understand a single crap
  I get to know myself better, that eveyone have their limits
  it make me a more humble person
  
  3)Usually when i touch the book... that means exam is coming
  Because i dont understand.... and get really panic
  my heart pumps faster... that is a good cardiovascular exercise
  
  4)Anguish, disillusion....... so start cursing and some finger action and banging on table. Exercise muscle.... improve my articulation and my hokkian languange too
  
  5)...
  ...
  
  etc etc

  Ah Pek.....you very funny.....
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:40

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  well, you want?
  
  i think it's been retitled recently.. Fermat's Enigma or something like that..
  
  

  I want? you want to lend it to me?? after you're done then...nooooo hurries on this one...
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 21:43

  i've read it about 10 times already
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  I want? you want to lend it to me?? after you're done then...nooooo hurries on this one...

• OldAhPek

  31 Jan 05, 21:47

  Originally posted by care bear:

  I want? you want to lend it to me?? after you're done then...nooooo hurries on this one...

  cant get that dunno what Egima book nvm
  can consider mine
  
  too bad.....
  I decided o spread my blessings...
  I sold it off to a AhNehCharbol for $55 @ 17% discount
  
  dont worry, i think Nus Bookshop still selling the book
  Grab it before its sold out
  While stock last!!!
  
• care bear

  31 Jan 05, 22:27

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i've read it about 10 times already
  
  

  oh, okie then....get it from you the next time theres an outing?
  
  thank you!!!
• the Bear

  31 Jan 05, 22:33

  sure
  
  it's a little bit yellow tho'
  
  

  Originally posted by care bear:

  oh, okie then....get it from you the next time theres an outing?
  
  thank you!!!

• the Bear

  1 Feb 05, 18:24

  finished reading the 2nd half of the book today...
  
  damn but i almost cried at the part where Yasuaki-chan died... and i was in the bus.. also, when Rocky died too...
  
  and i could not stop grinning when i read what the Headmaster said when Tomoe burnt down... what a man!
  
  .. to think i looked at myself as an optimistic dude!
  
  everyone should read this book!
  
  i give it 15 out of 10!